I watched the show \"Pet Keeping\" and they did a segment on house rabbits with a rescuer. She said to keep rabbits in a dog playpen, and it looked like a wonderful way to keep rabbits. It would never work for me because I don\'t have room in my home for a large pen like that one, and with an open top, one of my other pets would kill them the moment I turned my back! Are there any rabbit rescue organizations out there that recognize the diversity that exsists in U.S. homes and helps people provide for their rabbits in ways that works for them?
We have allergies in our home, and so bunnies go outside. Our allergist told me that rabbits are the most allergic pet there is, second only to cats, and there are no shots he can give for rabbit allergies because they don\'t make any!
What sort of dog playpen was it? Was it one of those gates that connect together to make a large circle? Right now my daughter\'s bedroom serves as Petey\'s playpen, and so its always filled with the phone book, toilet paper tubes, etc.
Our pet cat is 18 years old and spends most of his time in the laundry room. Some day when he passes on, Petey will inherit the laundry room and I\'d like to find a \"pen\" to keep him in that\'s large enough for playtime too. With no carpeting on the floor, I think it would make a nice place for him.
I\'ve heard the same thing about allergies, and thank God we don\'t seem to have any problems as of yet. As you know, I feel its a lot of work to keep a bunny indoors and do it right, exercise, space, safety issues, etc. My problem is trying to find room OUTDOORS for him. We live on a corner lot in a busy neighborhood and I\'d worry constantly about him out there.
Yes, it is one of those pens that makes a big circle.
The \"Rabbits USA\" 2006 Annual Volume 11 magazine came out and there is an article in there called \"Extreme Rabbit Home Makeover\" that shows the setup. They put a blanket on the floor for the rabbit, and I wonder if the rabbit can get sick from chewing on the fibers?
If you do end up putting Petey outside, you might want to think about getting one of those 6ft high dog kennels. Most are made of chain link, and on some models, you can buy an extra side, and it can be used as a top, and they can be padlocked. They are plenty big to put a hutch inside, plus he would have his own play yard.
My rabbits can jump out of those puppy play pens.injesting carpet or blanket fibers can block a rabbits intestines requiring surgery.bluebird
Yeah, I\'m wondering if Petey could scale that size gate too. When we do make the switch to the laundry room (which has a cement floor), I\'ll have to see what type of cages are out there. If they are big enough he could have his cage inside with his bed that he\'s used too..
When our rabbits have play time, we use baby gates to keep them in the proper area. So far they haven\'t jumped the gates, but Midnight learned how to open one. Now when she gets bored, she lets herself and the babies out! The joys of rabbit ownership coninue.
My Honey Bunny runs around my preschool classroom all day. I\'ve had a few wire chewing problems (2 sets of computer speakers and a mouse....) and a little carpet scratching, but nothing else. he usually hides under furniture. He doesn\'t try to get out of the classroom at all. At home, I keep him in our spare bedroom with the door shut. He does fine in there. I\'ve read that rabbits should be confined to one area of the house. I don\'t ever let my dogs in there, so I guess he doesn\'t smell any other animals?? I usually walk in on him lounging on the bed. He pushes everything out from under the bed and hangs out under there, too. honey would jump over any barrier I would put up. I think a closed door is about it. If Petey is used to his cage and your home, I would think he would have problems being moved outside. Do you block him in to 1 or 2 rooms of your home? You might want to try that.
Yeah, Petey is confined to my daughter\'s bedroom which is bunny proofed -- other than carpet, which is our main beef with Petey.
Occasionally we will let him in my sons\' bedroom to play because he loves to play with kids! he pushes their plastic toys around and hops and flits around them like he\'s joining in the action. We have bunny proofed their room too, but he likes to get on their beds and poop!! I don\'t understand it because he does not poop on the bed in HIS room--only their room. I still think he does it because he\'s ornery and likes to hear me clap and say \"NO\"! He hops and jumps and runs when I scold him-- like a bad kid!
Rabbits poop to mark their territory. I suspect that Petey thinks of the beds as new territory and is claiming it for himself. Last summer I fenced in around the bottom of my hutch and gave my rabbits free access to it because it is cooler down there. They pooped under there for over a month, and then they stopped pooping there and went back to pooping in their litter boxes.
Yes, marking his territory in the other bedroom would make sense because he does not have a litter box in there, so he probably feels like he has to make his mark. I\'m just really glad that he doesn\'t pee in there-- not since he\'s been neutered anyway. I don\'t really let him in there for very long because my boys are just 3 and it makes me nervous when they jump and play around him. He doesn\'t seem to want to move out of the way. Our cats always run away when the activity level gets too much for them. Petey, however, sits right in the middle of the action like he is enjoying it.